Catalogue

Register of baptisms, May 1884 - August 1894

Register of baptisms, August 1894 - August 1900

Register of baptisms, August 1900 - January 1908

Register of baptisms, March 1908 - April 1915

Register of baptisms, April 1915 - November 1923

Register of baptisms, November 1923 - January 1932

Register of baptisms, January 1932 - May 1949

Register of baptisms, June 1949 - April 1959

Register of marriages, May 1886 - October 1898

Register of marriages, October 1898 - December 1906

Register of marriages, December 1906 - June 1914

Register of marriages, June 1914 - December 1920

Register of marriages, December 1920 - November 1929

Register of marriages, November 1929 - June 1943

Register of marriages, 19 June 1943 - 28 June 1980

Register of banns of marriage, January 1953 - June 1959

Register of preachers, offertory and communicants, 1895 - 1900

Registers of services, 1905 - 1911, 1917 - 1932, 1949 - 1966

Register of services, 23 September 1973 - 1 May 1977

Register of services, 10 February 1969 - 20 September 1973

London Gazette, including Order-in-Council creating the district of Saint Jude, South Shields, 4 September 1883

Letter from Ecclesiastical Commission concerning the patronage of South Shields, St. Jude, 7 September 1883

Letter from Ecclesiastical Commission concerning district of St. Luke, South Shields, 24 October 1883

Order in council confirming a pastoral scheme uniting the parishes and benefices of South Shields, St Jude; South Shields, Holy Trinity; South Shields, St Francis and Jarrow Docks to create a new benefice and parish named Rekendyke, 25 July 1978

Draft pastoral scheme uniting the benefice and parish of South Shields, St Jude with that of South Shields, St Mark to form the United Benefice and Parish of St Jude, South Shields and alter the boundaries of the parishes of South Shields, Holy Trinity; South Shields, St Jude and South Shields, St Mark, n.d. [1959]

Letter from Ecclesiastical Commission concerning endowment of St. Jude's, South Shields, and confirmation of the same with copy of London Gazette, 5 November 1883, 2 February 1884 and 25 January 1884

Correspondence mainly from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners concerning augmentation of the living and the provision of funding for an assistant curate, 22 February 1930 - 26 April 1950

Correspondence between the Diocesan Office, The College, Durham; Rev. R. G. Alderson, St Francis Vicarage, Garwood Street, South Shields and the Church Commissioners, 1 Millbank, London, concerning a curacy fund established for the endowment of a curate to serve St Jude, South Shields and afterwards to serve the united benefice of St Jude with St Mark, South Shields, 19 June 1962 - 18 December 1969

Correspondence between R. W. Whitehead, 2 Cumberland Place, South Shields and the Diocesan office, The College, Durham, concerning the financial difficulties that the parish is facing, 12 March - 3 May 1970

Correspondence between the Ecclesiastical Commission and Rev. W.J. Wingate, 3 Thorney Terrace, South Shields, concerning the construction of the church for the district of St. Jude, South Shields, and adjustment of boundaries between the districts of St. Jude and Holy Trinity, South Shields, 7 March 1884 - 7 April 1887

Plan of the alteration of the boundaries of St. Jude, St. Mark and Holy Trinity, South Shields, 1959 Scale: 10 inches to 1 mile

Correspondence between the Church Commissioners, 1 Millbank, London; Mrs K. Robson, Secretary to the Parochial Church Council of Holy Trinity, South Shields, 9 Caudwell Villas, South Shields; Rev. T. Hart, All Saints Vicarage, West Harton; the Diocesan Office, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland; Canon F. S. M. Chase, St Michael's Vicarage, South Westoe; Bob Woodhouse, churchwarden, St Mary's, Tyne Dock, 99 South Frederick Street, South Shields and Mr W. P. Naisbitt, 4 Darenth Street, South Shields, concerning proposals for the reorganisation of the four riverside parishes within the Deanery of Jarrow, 19 October 1976 - 28 July 1978

Map Showing the Alteration of the Boundaries of the Parishes of St Jude, South Shields and St Oswin, South Shields, published by the Church Commissioners, 1 Millbank, Westminster,1959 Scale: 18 inches = 1 mile [1:3520]

Order in council ratifying a pastoral scheme altering the boundaries of the parishes of St Jude, South Shields and St Oswin, South Shields, 19 October 1959

Parochial statistics for the year ended 31 December 1970

Correspondence addressed to Rev. W.J. Wingate containing promises of various donations towards the expenses of erection of the church at St. Jude's, South Shields, 12 December 1884 - 4 March 1886

Letter from the General Secretary, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, London to Rev. W.J. Wingate promising a donation of £5 towards the cost of prayer books, 17 April 1885

Photograph of the laying of the foundation stone of St. Jude's, n.d. [1885]

Copy of instrument of approval by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for the church of St. Jude, South Shields, 13 May 1886

Card to commemorate the 21st anniversary of St. Jude's with photographs showing the laying of the foundation stone; the exterior of the church building; and the first three incumbents, n.d. [1906]

Design for proposed chancel fittings at St Jude's church, by Hicks & Charlewood, chartered architects, 4 Mosley Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, June 1930 Scale: 1 inch = 1 foot [1:12]

Plan of proposed new forecourt and elevation of the boundary wall, by J. Ian S. Gray, 67 King Street, South Shields, n.d. [1965] Scale: ¼ inch = 1 foot [1:48]

Artist's impression of proposed new forecourt and boundary wall, n.d. [1965] No scale

Details of the coats of arms to be applied to the notice board in the proposed new forecourt, by J. Ian S. Gray, chartered architect, King Street, South Shields, 25 November 1965 Scale: full size [1:1]

Elevations and details of proposed notice board for St Jude's parish church, by J. Ian S. Gray, chartered architect, South Shields, 10 November 1965 Scale: 1 inch = 1 foot [1:12] and 1:4

Elevation and detail of proposed new gates for St Jude's parish church, by J. Ian S. Gray, chartered architect, South shields, n.d. [1965] Scale: 1 inch = 1 foot [1:12]

Plan of a commemorative stone for the church of St Jude, South Shields, 11 January 1966 No scale

Photographs of the nave and altar, n.d.

Letters from the Bishop of Durham, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland, to Rev. N. Moses, St Jude's vicarage, South Shields, concerning a receptacle illegally inserted into the reredos in St Jude's church, 30 March - 7 April 1944

Order of service for the dedication of the children's altar in St Jude's church, 27 October 1952

Brief specification of work to be carried out in laying the new forecourt and boundary wall at St Jude's church, by J. Ian S. Gray, chartered architect, 67 King Street, South Shields, n.d. [1965]

Specification for the interior redecoration of St Jude's church, by Leyland Paint & Wallpaper Ltd., Sunderland Road, Stoneygate. Houghton le Spring, 3 October 1973

Fire prevention report on St Jude's church, by the Chief Fire Officer, 28 October 1971

Letter from the solicitors to the Ecclesiastical Commission to Rev. W.J. Wingate concerning the appropriation for a parsonage of part of the site granted for St. Jude's church by the Commission, 13 January 1887

Correspondence between the Church Commissioners, 1 Millbank, Westminster; the Secretary, Durham Diocesan dilapidations Board, Diocesan office, The college, durham; Rev. John F. Sturges, St Jude's vicarage, South Shields and Marshall's charity, Marshall House, 9 Newcomen Street, London, concerning the financing of a project to improve the vicarage, 12 November 1958 - 11 August 1959

Letter from the Church Commissioners, 1 Millbank, London to The Secretary, Durham Diocesan Parsonages Committee, notifying the Committee that the Commissioners have approved a loan of £5000 over 2 years, to meet the cost of alterations to the parsonage at South Shields, St Jude, 12 February 1974

Consent to a loan of £550 from the Church Commissioners towards the cost of improvements at St Jude's vicarage, granted by the Bishop of Durham and the Prime Minister, representing the crown, patron of the benefice of South Shields, St Jude, n.d. [1 January 1959]

1 January 1959 (1) Church Commissioners (2) John Francis Sturges, clerk in holy orders, incumbent of the parish of South Shields, St Jude Counterpart mortgage by (2) to (1) of the income of the parish of South shields, St Jude, to repay a loan from (1) of £550 towards the cost of improvements to the vicarage

1 April 1974 (1) John Davidson Watson, clerk in holy orders, incumbent of the benefice of South Shields, St Jude (2) Church Commissioners Counterpart mortgage by (1) to (2) of his income arising from the benefice to secure the repayment of £5000 advanced by (2) towards the cost of improvements to the parsonage house occupied by (1)

Schedule of dilapidations noted at the quinquennial inspection of St Jude's vicarage, by Matthew Hayton, Diocesan Architect, Owengate House, Durham, April 1971

Schedule of dilapidations noted at the quinquennial inspection of St Jude's vicarage, by A. O. Lee, Diocesan Surveyor, Owengate House, Durham, September 1974

Specification of labour and materials required for proposed alterations and improvements to St Jude's vicarage, by Hayton & Lee, chartered architects, Owengate House, Durham, September 1973

9 October 1885 (1) Rev. William Marshall Wallis of Roseland, Co. Berks., Clerk in Holy Orders; Henry Wilson of South Shields, timber merchant (2) Rev. William John Wingate, Clerk in Holy Orders, and others Conveyance from (1) to (2) of a parcel of ground on the east side of Alice Street in South Shields Plan endorsed Consideration: £279

10 October 1885 (1) Rev. William John Wingate, Clerk in Holy Orders, and others (2) Maria Grace Brigham of South Shields, wife of Thomas Edward Brigham Mortgage for £1000 from (1) to (2) of a parcel of land in Alice Street, South Shields Endorsed: Memorandum of redemption of mortgage, 2 April 1894

11 October 1885 William John Wingate, Clerk in Holy Orders, and others Declaration of trust for premises on the east of Alice Street, South Shields

1 September 1911 (1) Maria Grace Brigham of South Shields (2) William John Wingate of the vicarage, South Hetton, Clerk in Holy Orders; and Fred Lamb of Sunderland, chain merchant Reconveyance from (1) to (2) of the church hall, St. Jude's, South Shields

Abstract of title to land situate at Laygate in the township of Westoe, South Shields, belonging to Rev. W.M. Wallis and Henry Wilson, Esq., 19 February 1885

Abstract of title to land situate at Laygate, South Shields belonging to Rev. Wm. Wallis and Henry Wilson, Esq., 1879 - 1885

Letter from J.H. Marton and Son, North East Bank Chambers, South Shields, architects, to Rev. F.W. McGill forwarding a copy of the proposed parochial institute buildings, 20 March 1926

Plan and elevation of proposed parochial institute by J.H. Morton and Son, architects, [1926] Scale: 1 inch to 8 feet [1:96]

Plans, elevations and section of a proposed kitchen at St Jude's church hall, Alice Street, South Shields, by J. H. Morton & Son., chartered architects, Martins Bank Chambers, Fowler Street, South Shields, July 1959 Scale: 8 feet = 1 inch [1:96]

Plan showing proposed planting and paving treatment of land next to St Jude's church hall, undertaken by South Tyneside Borough Council as part of a general environmental improvement scheme at Eglesfield Road, South Shields, October 1983 No scale

Correspondence between the Church Commissioners, 1 Millbank, London; E. C. Hamilton-Russell, mining engineer, Collingwood Buildings, Collingwood Street, Newcastle upon Tyne; the Diocesan Office, The College, Durham; Rev. N. Moses, St Jude's Vicarage, South Shields, concerning permission for the National Coal Board to work the Harvey seam that runs under St Jude's church, 9 April 1954 - 5 March 1956

Cash account book, 2 January 1959 - 31 December 1965

Cash account book, 1 January 1966 - 31 December 1974

Parish Hall account book, 1959 - 1960; Social Fund account, 1962 - 1969; Vicarage Decoration Fund, 1965; Hall Appeal account, 1959 - 1961; Parochial Church Council account, 1959 - 1969; Missionary account, 1961 - 1965

Cash account book, 1966 - 1972

Forecourt appeal fund, 1966 - 1973; Basutoland Project Fund, 1966 - 1974; Sequestration Fund account, 1968 - 1969; Vicarage Project, 1968 - 1970

Leaflet publicising St Jude's 80th anniversary appeal for funds to create a commemorative forecourt at the church, n.d. [1965]

Ordinary assessment by the Church Commissioners, fixing the annual payments towards repairs to be made by the parish of South Shields, St Jude, for the ensuing five years, 21 December 1964

Ordinary assessment by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, fixing the parish's annual payment towards the repair of St Jude's church, for the ensuing five year period, 18 June 1971

Summary account of all missionary giving, for the years ended 31 December 1961 - 1972

Sequestration account, 1972 - 1974

Faculty authorising the insertion of stained glass in a window at the east end of the church, inscribed in memory of the parish's First World War dead, 12 January 1924

Faculty authorising the replacement of the present holy table with one in oak; the panelling of the north and south walls of the chancel in oak and the alteration of the flooring of the chancel steps, 29 July 1930

Faculty authorising the replacement of the present brass cross on the holy table with one in coloured wood, inscribed in memory of John William Redvers Graham, 9 June 1933

Faculty authorising the introduction of a teak cross, hanging from the chancel arch, with a figure of Christ crucified, in oak, 18 December 1942

Faculty authorising the introduction of two standard oak candlesticks, height five feet, 16 May 1946

Faculty authorising the conversion of the east end of the north aisle of the church into a Lady Chapel, comprising an altar with riddell posts, cross and candlesticks in silver leaf on wood; the installation of a sanctuary lamp on the narrow part of the north wall between windows; the erection of a figure of Our Lady and Holy Child in lime wood on the wooden panelling, which is to be erected in front of the organ pipes and behind the proposed altar and the removal the altar presently at the east end of the north aisle to a corresponding position in the south aisle, 3 January 1948

Faculty authorising the installation of electric lighting in the church in place of the present lighting system, 27 October 1950

Faculty authorising the conversion of the east end of the south aisle into a side chapel; the replacement of the existing holy table in the south aisle with a new one in oak and a lime wood reredos; the introduction of a carved wood figure of the child Jesus and two gilded wood altar candlesticks and to re-erect the brass and three wooden memorial tablets, presently at the east end of the south aisle, 21 February 1952

Faculty authorising the introduction of two hymn and prayer book cases in oak at the rear of the church, one dedicated in memory of James Rooke Bullock, and the removal of three small pews from their position around the font, 4 October 1957

Faculty authorising the replacement of the grass forecourt with one paved with square and hexagonal stones; the construction of a new boundary wall and fence; the erection of a new notice board; the introduction of floodlighting into the forecourt and the installation of a memorial stone in one of the gate piers, dedicated in memory of the faithful departed, 7 March 1966

Faculty authorising the conversion of the solid fuel central heating boiler to oil-fired and the installation of an oil storage tank, 5 February 1972

Archdeacon's certificate authorising miscellaneous repairs, 20 July 1955

Archdeacon's certificate authorising the redecoration of the interior of the church, 23 August 1956

Archdeacon's certificate authorising repairs to stonework, 1 November 1962

Archdeacon's certificate authorising unspecified maintenance work, 15 January 1964

Quinquennial inspection report on St Jude's church, by J. R. Morton & Son, chartered architects, Martins Bank Chambers, Fowler Street, South Shields, August 1959

Quinquennial inspection report on St Jude's church, by Gray & Fawdon, architects, Barclays Bank Chambers, Fowler Street, South Shields, Tyne and Wear, May 1974

Quinquennial inspection report on St Jude's church, by Grey, Fawdon & Riddle, 41 Beach Road, South Shields, 25 January 1980

Inventory, 7 May 1944 - 6 July 1972

Parochial Church Council minutes, 1926 - 1940

Minutes of the Parochial Church Council, 6 March 1967 - 25 March 1974

Parochial Church Council, account book, 1 January 1950 - 31 December 1960

Parochial Church Council, account book, 1 January 1961 - 31 December 1966

Parochial Church Council, account book, 1 January 1967 - 31 December 1974

Statement of accounts of the Parochial Church Council for the years ended 31 December 1969 - 1975

Statement of accounts of the Parochial Church Council for the year ended 31 December 1977

Account of subscriptions to the Church of England Men's Society, 1961 - 1971

Church of England Men's Society Roll, 1961 - 1968; minute book, 16 March 1961 - October 1971

Church of England Men's Society minute book, 20 October 1971 - 21 May 1975

Numbers not used

Registration certificate of St Jude's branch of the Church of England Men's Society, 17 January 1961